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A paralysis of dignity

24th June 2020 Rookwood 3791 Comments

[Credit for this piece goes to Mojo, without whose astute observations I would not have been inspired to write these words.] I don’t know about you, but for a number of years now, there has [more…]

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SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 update 7

1st June 2020 Rookwood 2459 Comments

I’m confused. While the UK spirals downwards towards financial and commercial Armageddon, escalating mental health issues, domestic violence and societal breakdown, I cannot find any clause in the Coronavirus Act 2020 that gives members of [more…]

Authoritarianism

From Draft to Bookshop – A Journey

5th July 2019 Colin Cross 3284 Comments

Almost two years ago this weekend my wife and I, rather nervously, drove into a small Devon village on our way to visit a family that I had only met through Going Postal but who [more…]

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Emmet Dalton and the raid on Mountjoy Prison

2nd April 2019 Going Postal 5637 Comments

This is a story about one of the rebels against British rule over Ireland and about one incident in that rebellion in the early 20th century. Emmet Dalton was born in the United States in [more…]

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The Perfidy of Western “Intelligence” Agencies: The A.Q. Khan Case

24th April 2018 Katabasis 3065 Comments

Preface This article was first published in print nearly ten years ago now, (and under a different name) towards the end of 2008. At the time, Iraq and Afghanistan had clearly become quagmires and there [more…]

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Fer right terrah

1st March 2018 DH 1873 Comments

Ah mind the time ah pure foilt a fer right terrah attack. Me an’ wee Kenny the probashunah endet up bein’ sent oot tae Ibrox wan day cos some wifey cawed the wan oh wan [more…]

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The Unseen Path – Part Eight

17th January 2018 1642again 2283 Comments

The call connected and was picked up. “Hello, oh it’s you. I was expecting you a while ago. Yes, I was there. They’re pretty bereft really. Whoever was responsible is unknown to them all, no [more…]

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The Future – A Millennial’s Prayer

3rd December 2017 Jonathon Davies 1806 Comments

“Here comes the 21st Century, it’s gonna be so much better for a Taff like me…” 1967: in the future, I bet we will have a cure for cancer, flying cars, and other cool stuff [more…]

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It’s time to take a couple of minutes for quiet contemplation

12th November 2017 Going Postal 719 Comments

Dedicated to all the men & women of the British Armed Services, especially those killed in the line of duty since WW1 and the countless numbers injured and disabled defending our country and way of [more…]

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